Becoming Starkid

I Choose Truth

CHAPTER SIXTEEN:

                  As soon as I entered the doorway into my dorm I was bombarded by Lauren and Jaime. They were shrieking,

“Is it true? Tell us its true!”

“Whoa,” I said, “Calm down guys, Jaime, what are you even doing here?”

“We ask the questions around here!” she responded, “And please just tell us, is it true?

“Is what true? What are you guys going on about?”

“Don’t act all naïve, you know exactly what we’re talking about…you and Joe!”

I groan, and bury my face in my hands. Word travels like wildfire around here.

“Whom did you hear that from?”

“Well Jaime told me, and she heard it from Brian, who was with Nick Strauss when Joey told him that he walked in on you two in, ahem, compromising positions,” said Lauren.

“Yeah I heard you guys were going at it on the floor of Studio One,” added Jaime.”

“You guys are such gossips!” I exclaim.

“Don’t even try to change the subject, confirm or deny, please,”

“It’s true,” I finally divulged. The looks on their faces were priceless, as they demanded details.

“There’s not much to tell. It was kind of a ‘in the moment’ kind of deal. One second we were rehearsing, and then, it happened. It was sort of hot, not gonna lie,” They squeal when I say that, “But then Joey interrupted us and it got awkward fast.”

“Is it going to happen again?” asks Jaime.

“I haven’t thought about it. It just happened, I think it’s a little premature to be considering those things.”

“Well, I think you should. You guys are darling together.”

I roll my eyes at how hopelessly romantic Jaime is,

“I wouldn’t say that exactly.”

“And hey! It’s your first Starkid hook up!

I eye Lauren. Nobody else knows about the secret kiss Darren and I shared, and it’s going to stay that way.

“I guess it is.”

“So what’s really going on?” asks Lauren once Jaime leaves, “A couple days ago you were still upset about the whole Darren situation.”

“You were right, Joe is better than Darren. And there’s nothing wrong with a random, mid-rehearsal hook-up is there?

“There’s nothing wrong with it. But, you know this is going to get back to Darren.”

“So what? He won’t give a shit either way.” It was probably true. Darren wouldn’t care if he heard that I hooked up with one of his friends. Like he said, we were never together, and we will never be. But a part of me wished he would be mad about the situation, maybe that’s why I did it in the first place.

“But Andy, you know Joe,” said Lauren, “He could break your heart.”

“He has to have my heart to break it,” I said matter of factly.

There was a casual get together at the Starkid Manor the next night. It was a little weird not having Darren there, with his guitar in hand leading to a hilarious sing along. I wear a cream, off the shoulder, big sweater, faded teal skintight jeans, and army boots. I arrive to the Manor with Lauren and we are warmly welcomed with hugs. I spot Joe, sitting in an armchair across the room. He sneakily winks at me. We all chat, drink, and snuggle for a while and then Dylan suggested we play Truth or Dare. At first we brushed off the idea, thinking it’s childish, but then we agree to play.

“This will only be fun if we all tell the truth and do the dares though,” said Joey.

“Yeah,” agreed Jaime, “You all have to swear on all or YouTube viewer’s lives that you are telling the truth.”

We all swore and I said,

“To go first, I nominate the brains behind this whole operation, Mr. Dylan Saunders,” We all hollered and cat called.

“Alright, do your worst!” he said, “I choose Truth.”

“I got one!” yelled Lauren, “Dylan, if you had to go gay for one boy in this room, who would it be?”

“C’mon, that’s just awkward,” he complains but we urge him on. “Okay, no homo, but probably Joey.”

“I am honored,” laughs Joey.

“Now I get to pick who is next! Hmm, I’ll choose Lauren, payback.”

“Fine. I’m not scared, Dare!” said Lauren fearlessly.

“I dare you to trade underwear with Rosenthal!”

“No prob, come here Brian.” They disappeared into a room for a minute and when they return, Lauren was wearing her tank and checkered boxers.

“These are actually pretty comfy. Now I choose, Brian Holden.”

“Truth,” said Brian.

Joey asks, “Which of these girls do you think gives the best bj? And you can’t choose Meredith because you already know about her.”

Meredith turns deep red and Brian, ignoring Joey’s last comment replies,

“Probably Andy, just because she’s had the most practice.”

I give Brian a dangerous glare, letting him know that’ll I’ll get him back for that.

“Okay, Walker, you’re up.”

“Okay,” he begins “Let me warm up with a truth.”

Meredith asks, “Who is the last person you mentally undressed?”

“Actually, the last person I mentally undressed, is the same as the last person I have undressed, and it was awesome” he says looking right at me.

The game continued on for a while, but stopped after it got borderline illegal. It was late at night and everyone was pretty incoherent. Meredith and Brian had disappeared into one of the rooms and I lost sight of Lauren as well. And then a husky voice was whispering in my ear. Joe. He smelled strongly of scotch and cigarettes, but I found it extremely arousing.

“Follow me, babe,” he says and we enter an empty bedroom. He whispers in my ear some more, “You look so hot right now, you can’t imagine all the things I want to do to you,”

I look up at him while pulling off my sweater and whisper back,

“Show me.” He aggressively grabs my face and kisses me hard as we topple onto the bed. We both kick off our shoes and he nearly rips of my pants while I unbutton his shirt. He then slows down and kisses my neck, shoulders, stomach, legs, everything with an impossible gentleness. ‘He’s so good at this,’ I think as I sigh. He teases me, moving very slowly and softly. I grab his neck and nibble his ears, making him moan. He kicks off his pants and boxers, and removes my lacy bra and panties. His body shines in the light and I run my hands all over his chest. He touches me in all right places, and I breathe deeply as he continues to suck on my neck. He then whispers in my ear,

“You’ve never looked so sexy.” I never want this to end. His every touch feels incredible and I arch my back pressing into to him.

“You sure you wanna go through with this?” he asks tucking my hairs behind my ear. His hands graze my side and leave a tingling sensation where they met my skin.

“I’ve never been more sure,” I answer.